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Out of this World
"Out of this World" is a musical adaptation of Plautus' comedy Amphitryon. The story revolves aroun...
Out of Tune
Louise and Charlie are on a a contentious date at Lincoln Center, ahead of seeing The King And I in...
The Outside
Susan Glaspell’s The Outside is a symbolic short play concerning two women and their attempt to shie...
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Over the Tavern
The first in a trilogy of plays about the Pazinski family, Over the Tavern is set in Autumn 1959. Th...
Panama Hattie
"Panama Hattie" concerns Hattie Maloney, a nightclub singer in Panama, who is engaged to a military...
Pandora's Box
Pandora’s Box is the second half of Frank Wedekind’s Lulu plays, the first half being Earth Spirit....
The Pardoner and the Friar
The Pardoner and the Friar is an allegorical exploration of religion’s politics. The Friar--a travel...
Partenope
Queen Partenope, ruler of Naples, is looking for a husband. Many suitors have arrived hoping to win...
Party Girl
A young lawyer arrives at his cousin's bachelor party hoping for a fun night out. However, he is dis...
Paul Bunyan
The opera focuses on a group of lumberjacks in early America. The men, brought in from countries ar...
The Penelopiad
Penelope, the wise and patient wife of the ancient Greek hero Odysseus, has passed beyond the veil o...
Phaedra
The Athenian queen Phaedra believes she is the most wretched woman. Her husband--who kidnapped her a...
